Toy aeroplane



A. D. BAEHR.

TOY A'EROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED APR-27,1922.

- 1,420,805. Patnted 111116.27,- 1 22.

Chrome ARTHUR I). BAEHR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY AEROPLANE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent ed June 2?, 1922.

Application filed April 27, 1922. Serial No. 556,922.

description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a toy aeroplane shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly described in the followingr specification and claims.

he object of this invention is to provide a device which may be manufactured at a small cost for advertising purposes, or it may be sold for a minimum amount.

ne of the objects of the invention is to construct the device from a single blank of bristol board or paper scored or creased that it may be readily folded to form the usual wings and tail portions extending laterally from the body of an aeroplane ;the parts being maintained in their bent or folded position through the co-operation of a strip of sheet metal lodged within the folds of the blank and bent therewith when forming the wings, etc., that the parts may be seeurely held in their bent or folded positions without the use of medium. Y

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention further resides in the combination and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the same.

In the drawings accompanying this specification:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a blank constructed of paper or cardboard ;-the dotted lines indicating the blank scored or creased that it may be readily folded along the several lines indicated to form thedevice.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the blank showing a strip of metalpreferably tinlaid upon the blank adjacent the transverse scoring at the forward end of the plane.

Figure 3 shows the outer margin of the glue, paste or other like blank forming the wings folded to overlap .the strip of tin.

F lgure 4 is a perspective view showing the blank folded along its longitudinal medial line.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the win and tail portions bent to extend lateral y from the body portion ;the parts being maintained in their folded position by the metal strip enclosed within the-wing folds.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings:

A, denotes a blank formed from the single sheet of bristol board or paper and scored or creased laterally as indicated at B that the wing margin may be folded to overlap a strip of sheet metal C. The blank is also scored or creased longitudinally as indicated at D, and D D. In constructing the device shown in Figure 5 the blank is folded along the medial scoring D, as indicated in Figure 4,-the wings and tail members are then bent to extend laterally from the bodyv P01131011 along the lines D D as shown in Figure 5;-the metal strip C being bent therewith to conform to the several bends serves to maintain the win and body portions in their folded relatlon without the use of paste, glue or fastening devices. E, E, are upwardly projecting integral tabs on which the headof an aviator may be printed.

It will be obvious that the metal strip serves a. dual purpose, i. e., securing the parts when folded and adding weight to the forward end of the device that it may be projected to a greater distance.

To launch the device the body is gripped between the finger and thumb beneaththe planes and is released following a quick forward movement of the arm,-the plane soaring until its momentum is exhausted.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A toy aeroplane comprising a single N blank of sheet material including an integral body, wing and tail-portions, said wing portion havln a marginal extension adapted to be folde beneath the latter, said blank being bent medially and longitudinally throughout its body portion to provide a double wall with laterally extending wings and tail portion, and a strip of sheet metal lodged between the wing ortion and the underlying marginal extension bent to conform to the folded body and wing portions,

whereby the body and wing portions may be maintained in their bent or folded positions.

2. A toy aeroplane formed from a single blank of sheet material to include an integral body wing, tail and a pair of upstanding tabs on which the picture of an aviator may be printed, said wing portion having a marginal extension folded beneath the wings in adjacent relation thereto, said body portion being bent longitudinally and medially to provide a double wall with wing 11. AQQQQES and tail portions bent to extend laterally therefrom, and a sheet metal strip lodged between the win portion and its underlying marginal extension bent to conform to the folds in the body and wing portions, whereby the latter may maintain their bent formation.

In testimony whereof, I- sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

v ARTHUR D. BAEHR. Witnesses:

S. E. THoMAs, JOHN Consmmn, 

